John 16:1 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹ “I have said these things to you so that you will not fall away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ I HAVE told you all these things, so that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away). [I told you to keep you from being scandalized and repelled.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

Common English Bible

¹ I have said these things to you so that you won’t fall away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "These things I have spoken to you, so that you would not stumble.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ THESE things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized.

John 16:1 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is anyone who does not take offense at me.”

Matthew 13:21

Yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary. When tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately falls away.

Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at him. Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Matthew 24:10

Many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

John 15:11

I have spoken these things to you so that my joy may abide in you, and so that your joy may be full.

John 16:4

But I have said these things to you so that when the hour comes you will remember that I said them to you. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Romans 14:21

It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything by which yoʋr brother stumbles or is offended or made weak.

Philippians 1:10

so that you may approve what is excellent in order to be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,

1 Peter 2:8

and, “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” By disobeying the word they stumble, which is what they were appointed to do.